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Forbidden City. 1421-1911. Peking. Emperor’s fortified palace. Commoners forbidden to enter.
Eve. Biblical first woman. Wife of Adam. Ate forbidden apple, expelled from Garden of Eden.
St Médard Convulsionnaires. Believers in miraculous cures at St. Médard cemetery forbidden by Louis XV in 1732: “By Order of the King, Let God No Miracle Perform in this Place!”
Adullam. Biblical city in central Israel.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
Alba Longa. Italian birthplace of Romulus and Remus. Oldest Latin city (1152BC).
Argos. Greek city-state. Dominated Peloponnesus 7C BC.
Arsonval, Arsène d’. 1851-1940. French doctor and physicist. Electricity in body mvmt.
Augustine, St. 354-430. Author of Confessions, City of God. Bishop of Hippo. “God is omnipotent.” Introduced Neoplatonic Determinism to Christianity. Church should rule state.
Barye, Antoine. 1795-1875. French sculptor of simplicity, energy. Jaguar devouring a hare 1850.
Byzantium. 7C BC Greek city. 330 =Constantinople. 1453 =Istanbul.
Campanella, Tommaso. 1568-1639. Italian monk, philosopher. City of the Sun 1602 parallels Plato’s Republic.
Capital Punishment. Abolished: 1863 Venezuela; 1870 Netherlands; 1877 Costa Rica; 1949 Germany; 1965 Britain; 1969 Vatican City; 1972 US (reinstated 1976); 1976 Canada; 1981 France; (96 countries). Retained: Iran, Iraq, N Korea, USA (95 countries).
Chaeronea, Battle. 338BC. Philip of Macedon defeats Greek city-states.
Champlain, Samuel de. c1567-1635. French explorer of Canada. First Governor of New France. Founded Quebec city 1608.
Chanel, Gabrielle (Coco). 1883-1971. French haut couture, perfume doyenne. Simplicity.
Collins, William. 1721-59. English pre-Romantic lyric poet. Ode to Simplicity.
Coulomb, Charles de. 1736-1806. French naval engineer, defined unit of electricity. Electrical attraction 1785.
Damascus. c2500BC. World’s oldest continuously inhabited city. Syria.
Delft. Dutch city famous 17-18C for pottery.
Deme. Subdivision of a Greek City-State.
Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.
Dowie, John. 1847-1907. Scot. founder of Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, IL, USA.
Draft Riots. 1863. New York City workers vs Union army draft laws.
Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.